Ezekiel 35:7

Ezekiel 35:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the one who leaves and the one who returns.

Context of Ezekiel 35:7

5“Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins. 6As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. 8I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. 9I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:7 word by word

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עֹבֵ֥ר וָשָֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus will I makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Seirשֵׂעִירώê‛îyr · (Mount) SeirH8165
• mostשִֽׁמְמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · desolationH8077
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• and cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from it him that passeth outעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and him that returnethשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:7

• Ezekiel 35:3Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: “I am your enemy, O Mount Seir, and I will raise my fist against you to destroy you completely.
• Ezekiel 29:11For forty years not a soul will pass that way, neither people nor animals. It will be completely uninhabited.
• Jeremiah 5:6So now a lion from the forest will attack them; a wolf from the desert will pounce on them. A leopard will lurk near their towns, tearing apart any who dare to venture out. For their rebellion is great, and their sins are many.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5“During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-10The ancient hatred of Edom for Israel began with their ancestors, Esau and Jacob (see Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–46; Numbers 20:14–21; 24:18; 2 Samuel 8:13–14; 1 Kings 11:14). Because of this hatred, the Edomites took advantage of Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem. They attacked the Israelites when they were weak and helpless. They tried to destroy the descendants of Jacob and take the lands of Israel and Judah. The Edomites enjoyed killing the Israelites…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. cut off ... him that passeth--that is, every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied" (Eze 29:11; Jud 5:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 35:7

• Edomites

In the dictionaries

• Seir
• Edom
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Ezekiel
• Negeb
• Obadiah, Book of

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings